Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-02-03


other earthquake shock.
Governor Hauscr has signed the bill
appropriating $1,000 to the captors Of
Con. Murphy.
The widow Of Thomas Francis Meagher
has been granted pension Of $50 per
month, by congress.
Oscar Bradford. St. Louis capitalist,
contemplates building n six-story hotel in
Helena, next summer.
b. w. Toole. OF Helena, has been APP
ppOinted deputy clerk Of the district court
In Yellowstone county.
A petition has been circulated, in Helena.
asking the legislature to repeal the law
tn king commercial travellers.
Contractor Keysan says daylight will be
let through the last two Of the Montana
Central tunnels in three weeks.
There are now ten Crows in the Custer
county Jail. They are charged with killing
Assinnaboine squaws at Poplar river.
Great Falls people are circulating petit
tiOns asking for new county to he made
up from Choteau, Meagher and Louis and
Clarke.
The celebrated jurist, Judge John +. Dill
Ion, has examined into the Helena water
works case decision, and thinks Judge
Wade's decision is not wise.
Two valuable freighting horses belonging
to G. J. Whaley got stuck in a snow bank
on the Benton road one night last week
and froxe to death before morning.
county, has been recommended by the
Stock Growers Association TO the go vernon
tor appointment as territorial veterina.
rian.
Fifteen COW brutes hu,ldled in a North.
ern Pacific cIt east Of Livingston last
week to keep from freezing to death. Along
came n freight train and killed the last one
of them.
Dan Tovey. formerly of the Musselshell.
had his feet badly frozen on the 9Th Of
January, while On his way from Benton To
Conrad's COW camp, in the Cypress hills,
Northwest Territory.
John Murphy, of Pricklcy Pear valley,
just north OF Hclena) has eight milch cows
and in 1856 made net proAt Of 81 ,O?3.75
from their product milk, butter and ca ves.
lie had nearly $500 pounds oT butter.
Fathers Brandini and Prantlo, Of the
society of Jesus, will establish n mission
on the Crow reservation, at the mouth Of
Rotten Grass creek, which puts into the
Little Big Horn river above the agency.
teau county, came within an ace Of losing
his life one night last week by the explosion
of "a bottle of gun powder. His neck and
fmce were badly cut ny me n, ing glass.
The bottle was being utilized as a candle
stick
The New Northwest says that PERSONS
desiring appointment as notaries public
should immediately apply to the governor
for appointment, that proper forms may
he sent them to fill out and ret urn in time
for the nominations to be made and con
irncd by the council.
The secretary Of the interior has signed
an order for the survey, plating and sale
Of abandoned military reservations. among
which is Fort Fills, near Bozeman, which
contains 81, 16O acres, all of which will be
less than forty acres.
Frank b. Walcott. a cook at Livingston.
''hit the pipe to an extent which cst,r~,d
his death last Thursday morning. The
no q Vissou.t.,n thorau,.,n
every Chinaman to leave the place at once.
and the order was complied with as soon
as the west bound train arrived, most of
the China amcn-about twenty--coming to
Bpzcman. where they have made prcpara-
tions to rernain.-Chronice.
=. Il. Carnack who has the general SUI
pervision Of Thomas Kent's sheep. near
Gray Cliff, il in town. lie reports the
sheep doing well as far as the weather is
concerned. but have lost about 400 from
"a disease Of the mouth. which makes its
appearance first the lips in small
pimples and soon spreads to sore around
the mouth, making it impossible for the
sheep to eat. This is n small loss, as Mr..
Kent has 10000 sheep. located at differ
ent camps.-(;azette.
II has leaked out that the Montana
Central and Northern, which runs from
Helena, via Great Falls aud Benton, north
east to Assinnal,oine and the Milk river
valley, will cross the Missouri above Great
Falls. ut the mouth of Sand coulcc, IN
order To reach the Sand coulen coal fields.
II will cross back tn the north side again
at the Rainbow falls and theare on To Een-
ton. The crossing has been determined
upon at this point because it is the site oi
the great water power which it is proposed
to Use there. These falls are the most
accessa bile and easily utilized.